tumble-down

Questions about tumble-down

What does tumble-down mean?

tumble-down means "in deplorable condition".

How many syllables are in tumble-down?

tumble-down has 3 syllables and divides as tum-ble--down under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tumble-down?

Close synonyms include bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tumble-down a common word?

tumble-down is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.